Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today 's demonstration did n't quite go to plan . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the industry did not yet look on training as an accepted way of improving production , income , living standards , etc . |
| 3 | As long as he could drive , Edward did not really care about his condition , and the man , Corporal Miller from Dundee , was perfectly capable behind the wheel of the Austin Ten . |
| 4 | Jane Eyre did n't really look upon erm , erm herself as giving up her independence er by marrying Rochester did she ? |
| 5 | A public relations executive , Subba Row was a skilful diplomat accustomed to getting his own way and his methods did not always appeal to some of the county clubs or to the elder statesmen of MCC . |
| 6 | Euripides , the intellectual Euripides , was the " poet of Socratic rationalism " and tragedy did not simply die after him : it was " Socratism " in its Euripidean embodiment that killed it , although this destructive tendency preceded Socrates himself and affected even Sophocles . |
| 7 | ‘ And this , ’ Donal added in obvious amusement when Feargal 's eyes did n't once waver from his companion , ‘ is Ellie ! ’ |
| 8 | Andrew Eliel , editor of the guide , said the award had been launched because it was felt the best chef did not necessarily work in the best restaurant . |
| 9 | If we are asking when the issue of who were England 's legitimate rulers was resolved , then the answer can clearly not be 1660 or 1688 ; 1715 , with the failure of the Jacobite rebellion might have a strong claim , although there are some scholars who would maintain that Jacobitism continued to be a significant threat thereafter , so that the succession did not finally disappear as a political issue until after the failure of the rebellion in 1745 . |
| 10 | First of all , Climber & Hill Walker readers must be wondering what he was so annoyed about , because the review did not actually appear in this magazine but its sister publication The Great Outdoors . |
| 11 | Troopies did n't just sprout of their own accord . |
| 12 | The stranger had not once glanced in their direction . |
| 13 | Though Steven had not yet qualified as a doctor/passed his A levels/opened his restaurant/learned to tell the difference between a gasket and a sprocket , it was obvious that they had much in common . |
| 14 | This tense relationship between bourgeois careerism and communist party political commitment was at the root of the accusation that during this period Nizan had not entirely succeeded in severing his links with his bourgeois past . |
| 15 | Johnny had n't even flinched at the insult . |
| 16 | If Labour could not win at a time of economic gloom , bolstered by the most effective campaign it has ever fought , and facing a Government whose campaign did not really come to life until the last 10 days — then when could it ? |
| 17 | I mean a lot of it depends on , or perhaps his par well if his parents did n't really bother about him |
| 18 | The boy did n't even glance at the folded franc notes . |
| 19 | The young and feisty Armour did n't much care for what she thought of as the anglicised overlay of GSA at that time . |
| 20 | Pilade did not even splash in reply . |
| 21 | ‘ What 's so funny ? ’ he asked , hoping that her mood did n't suddenly break into hysteria . |
| 22 | One of the reasons why Constanze did not really come into her own until after Mozart 's death may well have been that she spent much of her married life in various debilitating stages of pregnancy , bearing six children ( of whom only two survived ) . |
| 23 | Unfortunately Anthony usually chose college friends and Nigel did n't really take to bluestocking women . |
| 24 | The perceptions of the staff questioned about involvement in school finance decision-making did not often agree with that of the heads . |
| 25 | But the ideas of a united Spain did not completely die with El Cid . |
| 26 | Neither did the very many railwaymen who were concerned with passengers , nor , since the canal companies did not usually operate as carriers , did they employ anything like the same number of men in handling freight . |
| 27 | But shops showed no interest and the big soap companies did n't even reply to her letters . |
| 28 | And as , as we said before , erm , many of the , erm people who lived in the poorer parts of erm the country , whether in urban or rural En erm England did n't really know about basic nutrition and and health I mean you just ate what was available but you did n't know why and so the government started this campaign to introduce you know knowledge about diet and how important it was . |
| 29 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 30 | Disenchanted Conservatives did not simply stay at home . |